Year: 2024

From extending the reach of the Election Commission into remote corners of the country to airlifting EVMs, the IAF (Indian Air Force) played a vital role in the recently-held general elections, with its aircraft flying more than 1,000 hours in over 1,750 sorties. The Indian Air Force on Wednesday shared details about the helping hand…

India on Wednesday said it had urged Russia to return Indian citizens recruited by Russia’s army after two were killed recently in the war in Ukraine. “I want to assure you that the Indian government has taken the matter very seriously,” foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra told reporters. On Tuesday night, India’s foreign ministry said it…

President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly apologised to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a monthslong holdup in US military assistance and weapons that let Russia make gains on the battlefield. Speaking in Paris, where they both attended ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, Biden told Zelenskyy that he…

France will transfer Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets to Ukraine and train their Ukrainian pilots as part of a new military cooperation with Kyiv as it fights the Russian invasion, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday. “Tomorrow we will launch a new cooperation and announce the transfer of Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets to Ukraine made by…

Indonesia’s parliament has approved a proposal to accept a South Korean donation of a corvette for its navy, despite concern from its defence committee that the ageing vessel needs about $85 million worth of maintenance. Defence Minister and incoming president Prabowo Subianto has been pushing to upgrade Indonesia’s ageing military hardware and spend billions on…

Japanese, US and South Korean coast guards conducted their first three-way drill on Thursday off Japan’s coast as the countries strengthen their maritime ties in response to increased assertiveness by China in pressing its territorial claims. Skirmishes between Chinese and Philippine coast guard vessels have escalated in the South China Sea, triggering fears that the…

China is strongly opposed to US arms sales to Taiwan and urges Washington to withdraw them immediately, the defence ministry said recently. The ministry said it had lodged a complaint to the United States over the matter. “(China’s military) will continue to strengthen its military training and exercises, and resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial…

Army Chief General Manoj Pande visited the site of construction of the upcoming Thal Sena Bhawan — the new building of the Army headquarters — at Delhi cantonment last week to oversee the progress of the complex scheduled to be completed by June 2025. Earlier, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone of the…

The Combined Graduation Parade (CGP) of the 213 Officers’ Course at the Air Force Academy (AFA), Dundigal, Hyderabad will be held on 15 June 2024, with traditional military splendour, to mark the successful completion of pre-commissioning training of flight cadets of the Flying and Ground Duty branches of the Indian Air Force (IAF). Notably, Air…